Word of the Day - January 13, 2026
OSTRACIZE
- (in ancient Greece) Banish (an unpopular or too powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote
- Exclude (someone) from a society or group
- means to exclude from a group by common consent.
- She was ostracized by her community after refusing to sign the petition.
- to exclude from a group by common consent [v OSTRACIZED, OSTRACIZING, OSTRACIZES]
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